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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Bragg Electorate

Mr BATTY (Bragg) (15:20): With another school year drawing to a close, I rise to talk about some of the very good schools that we are lucky to have in my electorate of Bragg and to congratulate the graduating class of 2022 and wish them all the very best for the future.

I have mentioned in this house before that we have in Bragg some of the best schools in the state. Having been the member for Bragg for a little over a hundred days now, and having engaged with every single one of these schools, I have been able to see this firsthand. I have been proven correct as recently as today, when we have seen The Advertiser reporting NAPLAN results for the past five years. All our schools in Bragg have featured extremely well.

We have three primary schools in Bragg—Linden Park Primary, Rose Park Primary and Burnside Primary—and they are frequently ranked as the best in the state. Indeed, today Linden Park Primary took out the top honours, but all three of those schools are in the top five of the NAPLAN results over the last five years.

It has been a privilege already in my short time as the member for Bragg to get involved with the school communities and engage with every single one of them, whether it is fielding tough questions from their student leaders, hosting them here in Parliament House or meeting with their exceptional educators and principals. By visiting each of these schools and seeing the values they are instilling in these children and students, you can see exactly why they are enjoying the incredible success they are. I am very proud to be their local member, and I look forward to supporting them in any way that I can in this role.

We do have a bit of a problem, though, and it is a good problem to have but it is a problem nevertheless: these schools are so good that they are bursting at the seams. All three of those local primary schools are subject to capacity management plans and I think there is sufficient demand in our local area for a new local primary school. That is something I will continue to advocate for in this place. These primary schools are complemented by St Patrick's Special School, which caters for over 50 students with a disability, as well as two outstanding high schools.

Glenunga International High School were front-page news this morning, taking out the top of the state based on NAPLAN results for the last five years, and it was a privilege to attend their graduation ceremonies just last week. It was a one and two for Bragg because in second place, according to The Advertiser this morning, was Marryatville High School. It has been a privilege to host them here in Parliament House, as well as to enjoy the return of their Marryatville in Concert music program, which celebrated their specialist music program earlier in the year.

We have three exceptional girls' schools, including Seymour College, where my wife attended—and we celebrated their centenary just this year; it was a fun night indeed—and St Peter's Girls School, where my sister attended. I toured the school earlier this year and commend the outgoing principal, Julia Shea, for the incredible legacy that she leaves behind. I wish Julia all the best in her next endeavours.

Of course, I also speak of Loreto College where I have also enjoyed the return of their annual spring art show after a hiatus during COVID. I attended their Community Environment Day very recently and planted the first of a couple of hundred trees that they have set out to plant at that school this year.

So it has been an absolute privilege to be involved in every single one of these local school communities in my short time as the member for Bragg. I look forward to being even more involved over the coming couple of weeks by attending every single one of their graduation ceremonies and celebrating their successes over the past year.

I sponsor an award at each of these ceremonies—the Steele and Cooper Award—and that is given to a female recipient who shows courage and determination in their school endeavours in leadership. That was an initiative established by my predecessor as the member for Bragg, Vickie Chapman, who was a trailblazer in South Australian politics in her own right. It celebrates two other trailblazers in South Australian politics, being Joyce Steele and Jessie Cooper. It is a privilege to be able to be at these ceremonies to present these awards, to celebrate their successes this year and to wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.

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